Moving Coil Linear cylinder moves packaging actuators into the 21st century
An interview with Edward Neff, president of SMAC Moving Coil Actuators.
Packaging Strategies: What is the CBL Series electric cylinder with built-in controller?
Edward Neff: SMAC’s CBL series is a cylindrical-shaped Moving Coil Linear motor designed to replace air cylinders in the packaging industry. It is the latest in the SMAC line of mechatronic actuators that do work and report back on the success of the work done. It follows the SMAC policy of reducing prices by 35% over the previous model (that is, the SMAC CAL series actuators, in this case). It has several important technical advantages including a cycle life over 10 times that of air cylinders, max cycle rates twice as fast as air cylinders (that is, 2000 CPM), the ability to “soft-land” on a surface and then push/pull with a specific programmed force, repeatable cycle time in the one millisecond range 20 times better than air cylinders, and a built in controller that makes the switch from air cylinders easy. No extra cabinet to mount the controller is needed.